Introduction While the negative role played by extra books of Talmud to undermine Torah was explained but similar role of extra books of the New Testament was just briefly touched in the previous issue of DJ. It is however being further elaborated so that it becomes easy to understand as to why Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) ordered…
The International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) originated with an inter-governmental agreement between Russia, Iran, India and Azerbaijan. A total of 13 countries (including Pakistan) have since ratified the agreement. The corridor would eventually stretch from Northern Europe all the way to Southeast Asia. Being stalled for many years, INSTC found renewed impetus in January 2016…
The world is changing, a new continent has come up in front of our eyes: Eurasia. Continents being defined as “main continuous expanses of land”, one wonders why Europe and Asia being very much a continuous land mass has throughout the centuries been perceived as two separate continents. One major reason may be that from…
Constituting all of North Asia, Siberia is an extensive geographical region vast and sparsely populated, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of Russia since the latter half of the 16th century, after the Russians conquered lands east of the Ural Mountains. Covering…
The historical Silk Road was a network of land trade routes connecting Asia and Europe; from the 2nd century BC to 18th century AD. It was central to the economic, cultural, political, and religious interactions between these regions. Other than the crusades, this is an early example of peaceful globalization. Thereafter it fell into disuse…
Baton wielding protesters, emotionally charged crowds, struggling law enforcement agencies, scared and inconvenienced normal-day individuals, impending signs of causalities welcome to another saga of surrender of the state to the group it had recently declared a terrorist outfit! Lest we forget, this is not the first time. Numerous governments in the past have faced the…
Dear Readers, Pakistan’s leading atomic scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan (popularly known as AQ Khan) passed away in Islamabad at age 85, on Sunday October 10 after a protracted illness. Widely regarded as the founder of gas-centrifuge enrichment technology for Pakistan’s nuclear deterrent program, he is hailed as an icon, a national hero for transforming…
The debate on evolving global politics cannot be divorced from China’s emerging role in the international system. Beijing’s global economic plans under the broader framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which was formally known as One Belt One Road (OBOR), became the foundational stone of China’s global economic plans. The announcement of BRI…
There are hardly any cities and geographic regions of the world which are comparable with the potential and prospects of Gwadar. With the revival of major economies in the post-pandemic scenario, Gwadar is back on the rise and is being noticed by investors and analysts from all over the world. It is, without a doubt,…
Context No other single event is as consequential to the politics of the Middle East than the future of Iran’s nuclear deal. The nation’s nuclear program has been at the center of contention between Israel and Iran, and by that connection to the US. After quite a bit of deliberation, P5+1(US, Russia, China, France, UK,…
